Clayton Kershaw struck out the most hitters in the NL in 2015, with 301 strikeouts.

	NAME	SO	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	301	2015	LAD	33	16	7	.696	33	2.13	4	3	0	232.2	163	55	62	15	42	5	0	1	890	9	11.64	1.62	7.17	0.58	33.8	4.7	0.88	.281	2.40	57	1.98	52	6.31	47.7
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	276	2015	WSH	33	14	12	.538	33	2.79	4	3	0	228.2	176	71	74	27	34	5	0	2	899	10	10.86	1.34	8.12	1.06	30.7	3.8	0.92	.268	2.91	71	2.76	72	6.93	27.6
3	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	236	2015	CHC	33	22	6	.786	33	1.77	4	3	0	229.0	150	45	52	10	48	6	0	2	870	6	9.28	1.89	4.92	0.39	27.1	5.5	0.86	.246	2.04	45	2.34	60	5.90	39
4	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	234	2015	SFG	32	18	9	.667	32	2.93	4	2	0	218.1	181	71	73	21	39	7	0	2	869	1	9.65	1.61	6.00	0.87	26.9	4.5	1.01	.282	3.01	78	2.87	78	7.46	20.4
5	James Shields J. Shields	216	2015	SDP	33	13	7	.650	33	3.91	0	0	0	202.1	189	88	93	33	81	9	0	5	860	7	9.61	3.60	2.67	1.47	25.1	9.4	1.33	.299	4.14	106	4.45	117	8.41	-15
6	Tyson Ross T. Ross	212	2015	SDP	33	10	12	.455	33	3.26	1	0	0	196.0	172	71	78	9	84	8	0	3	823	14	9.73	3.86	2.52	0.41	25.8	10.2	1.31	.320	3.58	88	2.97	78	7.90	18.3
7	Jon Lester J. Lester	207	2015	CHC	32	11	12	.478	32	3.34	1	0	0	205.0	183	76	83	16	47	7	0	0	828	8	9.09	2.06	4.40	0.70	25.0	5.7	1.12	.303	3.64	85	2.91	75	8.03	21.9
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	205	2015	NYM	30	14	8	.636	30	2.54	0	0	0	191.0	149	54	59	16	38	2	0	2	751	6	9.66	1.79	5.39	0.75	27.3	5.1	0.98	.271	2.78	69	2.70	70	7.02	25
9	Francisco Liriano F. Liriano	205	2015	PIT	31	12	7	.632	31	3.38	0	0	0	186.2	155	70	75	15	70	5	0	1	773	10	9.88	3.38	2.93	0.72	26.5	9.1	1.21	.293	3.62	88	3.18	84	7.47	12.9
10	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	202	2015	PIT	32	19	8	.704	32	2.60	0	0	0	208.0	183	60	71	11	44	10	0	1	832	7	8.74	1.90	4.59	0.48	24.3	5.3	1.09	.304	3.07	68	2.65	70	7.92	26.9
11	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	200	2015	LAD	32	19	3	.864	32	1.66	1	0	0	222.2	148	41	43	14	40	5	0	1	843	7	8.08	1.62	5.00	0.57	23.7	4.7	0.84	.229	1.74	44	2.75	73	5.98	26.2
12	Matt Harvey M. Harvey	188	2015	NYM	29	13	8	.619	29	2.71	0	0	0	189.1	156	57	62	18	37	5	0	2	755	4	8.94	1.76	5.08	0.86	24.9	4.9	1.02	.272	2.95	73	3.04	79	7.42	17.5
13	Carlos Martinez C. Martinez	184	2015	STL	31	14	7	.667	29	3.01	0	0	0	179.2	168	60	65	13	63	8	1	5	755	8	9.22	3.16	2.92	0.65	24.4	8.3	1.29	.318	3.26	79	3.20	84	8.42	12.7
14	John Lackey J. Lackey	175	2015	STL	33	13	10	.565	33	2.77	1	0	0	218.0	211	67	71	21	53	4	0	5	896	5	7.22	2.19	3.30	0.87	19.5	5.9	1.21	.295	2.93	73	3.56	93	8.71	6.7
15	Ian Kennedy I. Kennedy	174	2015	SDP	30	9	15	.375	30	4.28	0	0	0	168.1	166	80	95	31	52	7	0	4	713	5	9.30	2.78	3.35	1.66	24.4	7.3	1.30	.301	5.08	115	4.50	119	8.88	-13.6
16	Jason Hammel J. Hammel	172	2015	CHC	31	10	7	.588	31	3.74	0	0	0	170.2	158	71	79	23	40	6	0	4	710	10	9.07	2.11	4.30	1.21	24.2	5.6	1.16	.288	4.17	96	3.67	95	8.33	3.9
17	Shelby Miller S. Miller	171	2015	ATL	33	6	17	.261	33	3.02	2	2	0	205.1	183	69	82	13	73	6	0	8	860	5	7.50	3.20	2.34	0.57	19.9	8.5	1.25	.285	3.59	78	3.44	91	8.02	7.3
18	Julio Teheran J. Teheran	171	2015	ATL	33	11	8	.579	33	4.04	0	0	0	200.2	189	90	99	27	73	9	0	3	843	2	7.67	3.27	2.34	1.21	20.3	8.7	1.31	.288	4.44	104	4.40	117	8.48	-14.9
19	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	169	2015	WSH	31	11	8	.579	31	3.79	0	0	0	175.2	181	74	79	8	69	4	0	3	758	4	8.66	3.54	2.45	0.41	22.3	9.1	1.42	.341	4.05	96	3.04	79	9.27	15.6
20	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	167	2015	CHC	32	8	7	.533	32	3.95	1	1	0	180.0	166	79	82	17	43	8	0	1	739	3	8.35	2.15	3.88	0.85	22.6	5.8	1.16	.296	4.10	101	3.35	86	8.30	10.5
21	Lance Lynn L. Lynn	167	2015	STL	31	12	11	.522	31	3.03	0	0	0	175.1	172	59	66	13	68	5	0	5	751	2	8.57	3.49	2.46	0.67	22.2	9.1	1.37	.319	3.39	80	3.43	90	8.83	7.8
22	Noah Syndergaard N. Syndergaard	166	2015	NYM	24	9	7	.563	24	3.24	0	0	0	150.0	126	54	60	19	31	3	0	2	603	6	9.96	1.86	5.35	1.14	27.5	5.1	1.05	.279	3.60	87	3.24	84	7.56	10.6
23	Andrew Cashner A. Cashner	165	2015	SDP	31	6	16	.273	31	4.34	0	0	0	184.2	200	89	111	19	66	6	0	2	804	3	8.04	3.22	2.50	0.93	20.5	8.2	1.44	.330	5.41	117	3.85	101	9.75	-1.2
24	Jordan Zimmermann J. Zimmermann	164	2015	WSH	33	13	10	.565	33	3.66	0	0	0	201.2	204	82	89	24	39	8	0	3	831	2	7.32	1.74	4.21	1.07	19.7	4.7	1.20	.302	3.97	93	3.75	98	9.10	2
25	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	155	2015	WSH	23	11	7	.611	23	3.46	0	0	0	127.1	115	49	56	14	26	3	0	0	523	4	10.96	1.84	5.96	0.99	29.6	5.0	1.11	.311	3.96	88	2.80	73	8.13	14.7